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AI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare books
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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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You're right, it is different, the AI companies are misled into thinking this will generate some sort of profit but the Chinese were just doing it from a place of pure malice.
Putting the slightest chance of profits over the conservation of rare books is also pure malice in my book. With a layer of makeup.